aGod'sname

1. Obsolete form ofin God's name.
   • 1599,[Thomas] Nashe, “To His Readers, Hee Cares Not What They Be”, inNashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson andValentine Simmes] forN[icholas] L[ing] andC[uthbert] B[urby] […],→OCLC:

     Euery man can ſay Bee to a Battledore, and vvrite in prayſe of Vertue, and the ſeuen Liberall Sciences, threſh corne out of the full ſheaues, and fetch vvater out of the Thames; but out of drie ſtubble to make an after harueſt, and a plentifull croppe vvithout ſovving, and vvring iuice out of a flint, thatsPiercea Gods name, and the right tricke of a workman.

   • 1600,William Kempe,Kemps nine daies vvonder:

     I fulfild his requeſt: and comming to him, dauncer quoth hee if thou dauncea Gods name God ſpeede thee: I cannot follow thee a foote farther, but adieu good dauncer, God ſpeed thee if thou dauncea Gods name.

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